How do you feel positive reinforcement helps? Certain youth that get into trouble do so because they either want to get revenge, feel inadequate, ect. Some youth have the intrinsic motivation to do what is expected. Others on the other hand do not. When a child acts out in class, i do not feel yelling helps solve anything but if you move them away from the group and they begin to display correct behavior, I feel the teacher should say they are doing a good job and appreciate how respectful they are by following directions and being quite. I feel if you do not show attention to the positve behaviors the youth will not display such good behaviors as much. Once the child gains the positve reinforcement I have seen them try to stay on track to gain more positive feedback. Almost all youth enjoy getting some positive feedback of some sort. It's also important not to play favorites, if you have trouble with a few students I have found it helpful if you keep building up rapport with that student when you can, once that rapport is built that individual is more likely to show respect in class. Granted, everyone has their bad days and it's important to try and make the best out of that day and when that youth comes back the next day it's important to set that intention by saying," lets have a good day today,"
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I don't think that positive reinforcement helps on its own. I think that it also needs to be coupled with punishment for bad behavior. Just rewarding good behavior may not necessarily intill what actually is bad behavior too, maybe they just aren't getting rewarded this time for one reason or another. When it is clear that something positive comes from positive things, but also that something negative will come from a negative action, I believe learning is the best.